BUCKTOWN — Owen J. Roberts has enjoyed a rather stress-free roll through the Pioneer Athletic Conference for the good part of three-plus seasons.

And even though certain segments of Saturday afternoon’s show with Upper Perkiomen may have tugged at and tightened the nerves during a handful of the individual matches, it was — in the end — yet another cool, calm and collected win for the hosts.

The Wildcats had the upper hand in nine of the 14 bouts, and their combined five pins, technical fall and three decisions nearly doubled the Indians’ five wins and almost tripled the sum total of those five decisions in the 44-15 romp.

“We were a little concerned coming in,” said Peter Fratantoni, who moved up to 152 pounds and dealt Kyle Fellman a rare loss, 4-2, helping deny Upper Perkiomen any early momentum. “Our coaches got us ready for this, though.”

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Ready the Wildcats were ... each and every one of them.

Especially the five who came up short — Alec Pupo limiting Upper Perkiomen’s Dante Steffenino to a 7-2 decision in the 120-pound opener; Demetri D’Orsaneo limiting Wolfgang McStravick to a 7-3 decision at 138; fill-in Dallas Strus limiting Trevor Weeks to a 2-0 decision at 170; Evan Boaman limiting Casey Cook to a 14-7 decision at 195; and Aston White limiting Dustin Steffenino to a 4-3 decision at 106.

Minimizing the damage was one thing. Then add in the points a few of the OJR faithful weren’t too sure of at the outset — like Dominick Petrucelli’s 2-0 shutout of a less-than 100 percent Dylan Steffenino at 132; Fratantoni’s win over Fellman; and Nick DeAngelo’s 12-5 decision of Tyler Godshall at 220.

“We thought (Pupo’s) effort was great, kind of a good thing to see because we knew we couldn’t take (Upper Perkiomen) lightly,” Fratantoni said. “I think that match helped us put more effort into it. It seemed to get us into it.”

They sure got into it enough to remain unbeaten (7-0, 13-0 overall), extend their PAC-10 winning streak to 33 in a row.

And into it enough to end Upper Perkiomen’s 10-match win streak and, for all intents and purposes, eliminate the Indians (5-2, 14-5) from the title chase.

“Everything went about as good as it could have, but we didn’t wrestle well,” said Upper Perkiomen head coach Tom Hontz. “I think the tone was set in that first match when we didn’t get any bonus points.

“Obviously we needed the bonus points today and we didn’t get them. We looked a little sluggish, and that’s uncharacteristic of us.”

But Hontz in no way shortchanged the OJR effort.

“They got some bangers at every weight,” Hontz said of the Wildcats. “You may be able to beat two or three of their guys, but they came right back at you.”

Which is exactly what happened Saturday.

After Dante Steffenino (27-3) gave the guests their first and only lead of the match, Colby Frank’s pin at 126 turned the advantage over to OJR for the rest of the day. Petrucelli followed with a tilt and two back points with 25 seconds remaining to account for his thriller over Dylan Steffenino. And when McStravick (29-3) used a late second-period flurry to account for most of his points in the win over D’Orsaneo, the Wildcats answered back again with Adam Moser’s two-minute technical fall at 145, Fratantoni’s win, and Kyle Shronk’s 58-second pin at 160 for a 23-6 cushion at the halfway mark.

Weeks used a cradle just before the final buzzer for his 2-0 win at 170, but OJR’s Gordon Bolig (28-4) responded with a 41-second pin at 182. Cook gave the Indians another three at 195. But after DeAngelo put the outcome beyond Upper Perkiomen’s reach (32-12 with three bouts remaining), Brad Trego and Derek Gulotta sandwiched pins at 285 and 113 pounds around the Indians’ last hurrah (Dustin Steffenino) to end it.

“Our kids wrestled well,” said OJR head coach Steve DeRafelo. “i was happy with the pace. They wrestled at a high level. Our kids pushed the matches.

“But what I was really pleased with was that we didn’t give up any big points in certain matches where (Upper Perkiomen’s) dangerous. They did a nice job today.”

NOTES

OJR needs a win at Pottstown on Wednesday night to clinch no worse than a tie for its third straight PAC-10 title. A win over the Trojans, and another against Phoenixville in two weeks, would pin down the outright title. ... “Winning the PAC-10 is our first goal,” Fratantoni said. ...Moser worked his technical fall just as the first period ended for his 99th career win.